Florida=Korea & Texas=Canada

Say you renamed states for the countries which share the same GDP. This is what you'd get (click the map for a larger image):

A topsy turvy world where Alaska is Belarus and Algeria is West Virginia. California becomes France, but that's not really so crazy.

The Strange Maps blog writes:

The creator of this map had the interesting idea to break down that US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries GDPs. What follows is this slightly misleading map, because the economies of the US states and of the countries they are compared with are not weighted for their respective populations.

Pakistan, for example, has a GDP that’s slightly higher than Israel’s but Pakistan has a population of about 170 million, while Israel is only 7 million people strong. The US states that those economies are compared with (Arkansas and Oregon, respectively) are much closer to each other in population: 2,7 million and 3,4 million.

The original source is The York Group.

Comments

BTS | June 26, 2007, 11:15am | #

I always suspected I lived under a theocratic regime, now I KNOW it's true!

thoreau | June 26, 2007, 11:16am | #

Time for Pro Libertate to bust out his Kurdifornia meme.

Cesar | June 26, 2007, 11:19am | #

Its kind of appropriate Minnesota is matched up with Norway.

I'd like to see the same thing done, except with GDP Per Capita.

joe | June 26, 2007, 11:23am | #

Ha ha ha.

New Hampshire is Bangladesh.

Taktix® | June 26, 2007, 11:24am | #

I like how Nevada = Ireland.

Party! Whooooo....

Cracker's Boy | June 26, 2007, 11:27am | #

I live in Georgialand, and choose to remain neutral on this subject.

CB

crimethink | June 26, 2007, 11:27am | #

Better not let the Bush administration see this map or they'll nuke Alabama by mistake.

Taktix® | June 26, 2007, 11:28am | #

crimethink,

and...

crimethink | June 26, 2007, 11:28am | #

The creator of this map had the interesting idea to break down that US GDP into the GDPs of individual states, and compare those to other countries GDPs no life.

crimethink | June 26, 2007, 11:31am | #

Holy crap, New Jersey has the same GDP as Russia?

I have a really, really hard time believing that.

Lynyrd Skynyrd | June 26, 2007, 11:32am | #

I hope Taktix will remember, Southern Man don't need him around anyhow...

jimmydageek | June 26, 2007, 11:35am | #

Chicago is now part of Mexico!! The MexicanInvasion has begun!!

crimethink | June 26, 2007, 11:36am | #

Given the new ethanol economy, it's fitting that Iowa and Illinois are mapped to OPEC members.

Abdul | June 26, 2007, 11:37am | #

Holy crap, New Jersey has the same GDP as Russia?

I have a really, really hard time believing that.

Why not? Organized crime syndicates run both.

jimmydageek | June 26, 2007, 11:37am | #

Better not let the Bush administration see this map or they'll nuke Alabama the whole Southeast by mistake.

Inkstained Wretch | June 26, 2007, 11:38am | #

Russia is New Jersey? Kinda makes sense actually ...

de stijl | June 26, 2007, 11:47am | #

I initially saw this map on an awesome blog called strange maps.

de stijl | June 26, 2007, 11:48am | #

Sorry, saw this strange maps link in the story now.

Idiots Per Map = 1 | June 26, 2007, 11:52am | #

the economies of the US states and of the countries they are compared with are not weighted for their respective populations

That's the point, mapwad. Not every piece of illustrated data is designed to make fun of Mississippians.

Jersey Smirnoff | June 26, 2007, 11:53am | #

In Russia, trans fats ban you!

Sandy | June 26, 2007, 11:55am | #

Hmmm, so I really vas in Austria during ze (Iraq) war.

robc | June 26, 2007, 12:10pm | #

When this was on fark a week or two ago, some people asked for per capita version instead. The problem is the US range of per capita GSPs is pretty small, there arent enough countries in the range to map to the states. I thought this version was more interesting anyway.

So is HnR pulling stories out of the farkives now?

JW | June 26, 2007, 12:25pm | #

I'm not going to comment on the subtle non-irony of Maryland = Hong Kong.

Pro Libertate | June 26, 2007, 12:29pm | #

Kurdahoma!

Pro Libertate | June 26, 2007, 12:30pm | #

Sorry.

Kurdlahoma!

Pro Libertate | June 26, 2007, 12:30pm | #

What about the Canadian provinces? This is no fun without Canada.

Pro Libertate | June 26, 2007, 12:34pm | #

Aresen,

Now, now. British Columbia has money and stuff.

Stressed out Mother | June 26, 2007, 12:36pm | #

What about the Canadian provinces? This is no fun without Canada.

You've got to let your little brother play too. I mean it.

Cesar | June 26, 2007, 12:39pm | #

What about the Canadian provinces? This is no fun without Canada.

Well, considering Texas has a GDP as big as Canada's even though it has twelve million fewer people suggests the comparison wouldn't be flattering to Canada.

Pro Libertate | June 26, 2007, 12:48pm | #

Twelve million fewer people? Oh, I see. You're not counting the fifty million undocumented workers.

Cesar | June 26, 2007, 12:49pm | #

Oh come on Liberate! You know illegals aren't people, they're invaders, remember?

happyjuggler0 | June 26, 2007, 12:52pm | #

Not every piece of illustrated data is designed to make fun of Mississippians.

If they did it per capita income, it is the country that is compared to Mississippi that will be made fun of. How does Sweden strike you?

Cesar | June 26, 2007, 12:54pm | #

If they did it per capita income, it is the country that is compared to Mississippi that will be made fun of. How does Sweden strike you?

Wow, thats just funny as hell.

Fred | June 26, 2007, 1:00pm | #

As a Buckeye, I could only hear the voice of Gene Hackman in a certain blockbuster when I saw Ohio = Australia!

Unfortunately, our governor and the idiots running the state are some lame 1950s silver-age villians as opposed to Lex Luthor ...

Go Cart Mozart | June 26, 2007, 1:01pm | #

I like the Bruce Springsteen map.

BobDobalina | June 26, 2007, 1:02pm | #

Since Hawaii equals Nigeria and Illinois equals South Africa, I'm afraid things don't bode well for Barrack Obama ...

Shelby | June 26, 2007, 1:04pm | #

It does seem like a good idea to separate Israel from the other Middle East states. So long as we can keep the theocrats from seizing control in Seattle, peace may yet reign in the holy city of Salem.

VM | June 26, 2007, 1:13pm | #

Fred:

that's cuz Lex Luthor is otherwise employed. You can read about it hier

Nick M. | June 26, 2007, 1:23pm | #

Bodobalina,

Illinois = Mexico
Wisconsin = So. Africa

Neu Mejican | June 26, 2007, 1:33pm | #

If NM=Hungary does Green Chile = Paprika?
Tamale = Goulash?

Malto Dextrin | June 26, 2007, 1:37pm | #

By any reasonable system, Chile should have been mapped into Tennessee.

fish | June 26, 2007, 2:28pm | #

This is going to be a whole new wrinkle for visits to "4 corners" (Peru, Finland, Thailand, Hungary)

ChrisO | June 26, 2007, 3:06pm | #

The scary thing is that Wyoming and Uzbekistan probably look a lot alike, too.

Ken Shultz | June 26, 2007, 3:18pm | #

Maryland should be ashamed of itself.

b-psycho | June 26, 2007, 3:26pm | #

How fitting that Alabama = Iran on that map...

harish | June 26, 2007, 3:33pm | #

The problem with the chart is that it either uses old data, or just always decides to round up, because the numbers don't seem to match other sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_between_U.S._states_and_countries_nominal_GDP

Anonymo the Anonymous | June 26, 2007, 4:00pm | #

How fitting that Alabama = Iran on that map...

When the bombing commences, could y'all please start with Mullah Nick Saban's house? Thanks.

Kevin Joseph Spring | June 26, 2007, 4:04pm | #

Why doesn't someone make a per capita income map to get a more accurate view?

ChrisO | June 26, 2007, 4:19pm | #

If they counted our grow-ops, we'ed probably smoke Washington State, I grass.

Would that count the grow-ops in Washington State, too? Lots and lots of public forest land in the PacNW...

lunchstealer | June 26, 2007, 5:12pm | #

NM - Probably more like Pisole = Goulash.

Neu Mejican | June 26, 2007, 6:51pm | #

Lunchstealer,

"NM - Probably more like Pisole = Goulash."

I think you mean Posole,
http://www.southernnewmexico.com/Articles/Food/Posolestew-aNewMexicoholi.html

And I agree it is a better fit.

Lost_In_Translation | June 26, 2007, 6:59pm | #

I hate you ChrisO

LIT (Wyoming resident)

Karen | June 26, 2007, 11:23pm | #

I'm going to British Columbia in two weeks, and I'm a Texan. Does this mean I don't have to take my passport?

lunchstealer | June 27, 2007, 12:35am | #

Yeah, it was years before I saw posole written, so the guessed spelling still sticks in my brain.

posole == win

lunchstealer | June 27, 2007, 12:36am | #

As does carne adovada with green chile sauce (also not remembering that spelling well).

lunchstealer | June 27, 2007, 12:38am | #

Texas - it's like a whole other country. Specifically, Canada.

Stevo Darkly | June 27, 2007, 12:49am | #

Missouri is now The "Show Me ... No, Wait, Show Me Again, I Didn't Get It ... Huh? ... Show Me Again ... I Don't Understand ... Just Show Me One More Time ... Okay, I Get It Now ... Wait, I Forgot Already" State.

Neu Mejican | June 27, 2007, 11:30am | #

Lunchstealer,

"As does carne adovada with green chile sauce (also not remembering that spelling well)."

I admire you taste.

Now carne adovada is made with red chile (pork marinated in red chile and other spices = carne adovada)...so I wonder if you mean Chile con Carne.

But, of course, carne adovada served with green chile over it is indeed one of the highest achievements of man.